Scientists from NASA are planning to launch space telescope, with which they try to find the planet Nibiru or, as it is called, "planet X." She ancient legends of the Sumerians, with a certain periodicity flies around the Earth. The existence of the mysterious planet was discovered by scientists from the American space Agency in 1983 year with the help of infrared telescope IRAS. Some researchers believe that its gravitational force, for example, was the cause of a Great flood and the disappearance of Atlantis.

Recall that in 2010 American astrophysicists Daniel Witmer and John Mathis from Louisiana state University said that he had discovered an unknown planet, is several times larger than Jupiter. The distance to it is 30 thousand AU (1 AU = 149,6 million km). To see the object is possible only with the help of infrared telescope WISE. To confirm this hypothesis about the planet Nibiru is necessary to analyze the information collected by the WISE telescope, which will be conducted over the next few years.

The fat to be, there are still grounds for fears (see "KP" here)? The Oort cloud is a giant bubble, filled with billions rather large ice and rocks. They, according to astronomers, regularly replenish the number of comets that circulate in the Solar system, and sometimes fall on the planet. Leave giant craters. Including on Earth.

The Oort cloud begins far beyond the orbit of Pluto. Its external borders, by one estimate, are in one light year from the Sun is a quarter of the way to Proxima Centauri, the nearest to us stars in the star system of alpha Centauri. On the other halfway.

In order comet flew out of the Oort cloud and rushed inside the Solar system, it is necessary noticeable gravitational influence. It was considered that it creates Jupiter surrounding stars and galaxies. And on the mathematical calculations of the Matis and Whitmire turned out that this is not enough. They say, for the current picture of the motion of comets necessarily require additional object - more massive than Jupiter, which was located in the Oort cloud. And it is likely that it exists. To him about 30 thousand astronomical units. And astronomical unit is the distance from the earth to the Sun.

According to Matisse, the massive object influencing the comet, so cold and dark that it is not visible in optical telescopes. But it could be seen with the help of special instruments, catching even negligible heat radiation. For example in the so-called WISE - Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer - broadband infrared telescope, launched into Earth orbit on December 14, 2009. It 500 times more sensitive than previous model IRAS:

And what are these objects "the size of Jupiter"who can we close? The same mythical Nibiru. Or planet X. But what else?

Specifically, the word "Nibiru" none of the serious scientists said. And now not pronounce. But the same Eisenhardt before the start of infrared telescope said that "the distribution of paths of comets can testify, at the distance of 25-30 thousand astronomical units may be hiding a very large planet".